Florida House Bill 853 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Removes housing discrimination as cause of action for certain relief & damages stemming from violations of Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992; revises conditions under which aggrieved person may commence civil action in appropriate court against specified respondent to enforce specified rights; provides that aggrieved person does not need to take specified actions before bringing civil action; authorizes, rather than requires, civil action to commence within 2 years after alleged discriminatory housing practice; authorizes aggrieved person to commence civil action regardless of whether specified complaint has been filed & regardless of status of any such complaint; prohibits aggrieved person from filing specified action in certain circumstances; prohibits aggrieved person from commencing specified civil action if an administrative law judge has commenced hearing on record on allegation.

Housing Discrimination

House Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee

Sen. Tracie Davis [D]

Rep. Kathleen Peters [R]

Rep. Sean Shaw [D]

2018-03-01 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#739 (Y: 111 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2018-03-10	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-03-02	Senate	Received
2018-03-01	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2018-03-01	Senate	In Messages
2018-03-01	House	CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 3 766
2018-03-01	House	Read 3rd time
2018-02-28	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2018-02-28	House	Read 2nd time
2018-02-22	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
2018-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-21	House	Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 1
2018-02-19	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/21/18, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall
2018-02-05	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2018-02-05	House	CS referred to Judiciary Committee
2018-02-05	House	Original reference(s) removed: Careers and Competition Subcommittee
2018-01-31	House	CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee read 1st time
2018-01-31	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2018-01-30	House	CS by Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 4
2018-01-26	House	On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee, 01/30/18, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-12-13	House	Referred to Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee; Careers and Competition Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2017-12-01	House	Filed

S306 (Same As) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
760	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	34		Amended Code	See Bill Text
760	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/853
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/853/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/853/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/853/Amendment/030411/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/853/Vote/HouseVote_h00853c1739.PDF